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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78445863 United States 05/17/2020 12:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | However, I have been to a couple of very large stores where cart corrals are only located near the store. Which means, if it is a very busy day and you get stuck parking way out in the north 40, you might have to push that cart 100 yards or more back to the corral. Plus, some stores don't even have corrals and it's not convenient when you have ice cream melting or little kids to push that cart all the way back inside the store. I don't blame people for diching their carts under the nearest tree in those cases - that's kind of a store issue not a customer issue. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78707179 United States 05/17/2020 12:59 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. And you are not a meddling mind controlling socio-psychopath either! Thank you parking lot staff from our local food market. |
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 05/17/2020 01:00 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. The problem with your premise, is that to assume that some course of action is right and correct while other courses of action are unright or incorrect... I'd completely false. Morality is a psychological concept not absolute reality. If mortality were something real, then i would ask you to show it to me physically. Show me a photo of morality. Not people acting in a moral manner. Show me actual morality. Can't do, because it only exists in your mind. That being said, then the concept of morality can simply be replaced with a other concept to see if your premise holds water. So- some cultures think that looking other people in the eyes is threatening and unwanted. So they don't do it. To them, the obvious right and correct course of action is to NOT look others in the eyes. But in America, it is considered valuable to the interaction to look others in the eyes. So Americans do that, and in their minds, it is the correct and right course of action. So now we have one concept with 2 different courses of action considered right and correct depending on the value attached to that concept. So your premise doesn't hold water. In my paradigm, I return the cart. Whether it is to the store or the corral in the parking lot, I do it. In my paradigm, if you leave a cart abandoned in the middle of the lot, you can just go and eat a loaded diaper. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77190242 United States 05/17/2020 01:01 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mehhh i dunno.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77190242 But here is message for anybody wanting to stick that camera/phone in my face and ask me questions or pester me, like a bitchy little "Karen" would... I dont have much time left in life. Age and nature will take me soon. .. I can barely tolerate being in the same vicinity as other people besides my loved ones, let alone talk to other people. There is more than a 50% chance i snap and crack a baseball bat over your skull, if you pull some stupid bullshit on me, like they did to this guy in the video. What I will probably do, is walk away with very few words, then stalk you, everyone around you, your loved ones, etc etc... gain as much information about you as I can over the next few days... and then "go from there sport". People these days who think they can just fuck with people because its "on public ground", need to be taken care of. stay , the fuck, out of peoples space and business. :juggling: Yeah!! isnt this fun? to everybody reading this. There is all kinds of things you can do, to a bitch little Karen type, like the guys harassing this guy in the video. Do try and keep your cool and simply walk away. -- but go ahead and get that info, before ya leave. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78695251 United States 05/17/2020 01:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I would return my cart if they put the returns in the right fucking spot (between my car and the store) why the fuck does someone have to walk the cart away from the store to the center of the parking lot or back to return it? All the handicap spots should be cart returns and move the handicap back. Like they have a problem spending an hour in Walmart going down every isle but then magically can’t fucking walk to their vehicle. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77190242 United States 05/17/2020 01:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I pray that the dildos making these vids, get it handed to them. I would pay cash money to see that video!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78866144 Canada 05/17/2020 01:23 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. The problem with your premise, is that to assume that some course of action is right and correct while other courses of action are unright or incorrect... I'd completely false. Morality is a psychological concept not absolute reality. If mortality were something real, then i would ask you to show it to me physically. Show me a photo of morality. Not people acting in a moral manner. Show me actual morality. Can't do, because it only exists in your mind. That being said, then the concept of morality can simply be replaced with a other concept to see if your premise holds water. So- some cultures think that looking other people in the eyes is threatening and unwanted. So they don't do it. To them, the obvious right and correct course of action is to NOT look others in the eyes. But in America, it is considered valuable to the interaction to look others in the eyes. So Americans do that, and in their minds, it is the correct and right course of action. So now we have one concept with 2 different courses of action considered right and correct depending on the value attached to that concept. So your premise doesn't hold water. In my paradigm, I return the cart. Whether it is to the store or the corral in the parking lot, I do it. In my paradigm, if you leave a cart abandoned in the middle of the lot, you can just go and eat a loaded diaper. Gotcha, i understand. But your first post says that the "rightness" of returning a cart to the corral is universal. Now you're saying that it's only right in your universe. It sure would be nice if everyone lived in your universe where everything thinks and acts in the way that makes sense to you! Lol |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76790892 United States 05/17/2020 01:24 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll bet one day we'll see a post from OP entitled : "I Was Run Down By an SUV While Returning a Shopping Cart!" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77225709 I’ll bet (despite not being a gambler) that you’re a new AC to this digital playground and don’t have a clue who OP even is... OP is a pull no punches, down to earth, veritable badass who gives respect to those who give it... and he’s a Veteran... so peace off already. Eagles Dare doesn’t need my help I can assure you, but show some respect instead of posting rubbish. OP will run down the SUV while returning his cart. Deuces... ~BP |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76292377 Australia 05/17/2020 01:27 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mehhh i dunno.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77190242 But here is message for anybody wanting to stick that camera/phone in my face and ask me questions or pester me, like a bitchy little "Karen" would... I dont have much time left in life. Age and nature will take me soon. .. I can barely tolerate being in the same vicinity as other people besides my loved ones, let alone talk to other people. There is more than a 50% chance i snap and crack a baseball bat over your skull, if you pull some stupid bullshit on me, like they did to this guy in the video. What I will probably do, is walk away with very few words, then stalk you, everyone around you, your loved ones, etc etc... gain as much information about you as I can over the next few days... and then "go from there sport". People these days who think they can just fuck with people because its "on public ground", need to be taken care of. stay , the fuck, out of peoples space and business. :juggling: Do you want a shopping cart in your corvette? Because I can, and will put one there. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76790892 United States 05/17/2020 01:31 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mehhh i dunno.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77190242 But here is message for anybody wanting to stick that camera/phone in my face and ask me questions or pester me, like a bitchy little "Karen" would... I dont have much time left in life. Age and nature will take me soon. .. I can barely tolerate being in the same vicinity as other people besides my loved ones, let alone talk to other people. There is more than a 50% chance i snap and crack a baseball bat over your skull, if you pull some stupid bullshit on me, like they did to this guy in the video. What I will probably do, is walk away with very few words, then stalk you, everyone around you, your loved ones, etc etc... gain as much information about you as I can over the next few days... and then "go from there sport". People these days who think they can just fuck with people because its "on public ground", need to be taken care of. stay , the fuck, out of peoples space and business. :juggling: Do you want a shopping cart in your corvette? Because I can, and will put one there. Dude, really? This is GLP, not Roadhouse, Big talk AC Patrick Swayze... so settle down already, hot rod. ~BP |
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Anonymous Coward User ID: 78797581 Canada 05/17/2020 01:35 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | mehhh i dunno.. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77190242 But here is message for anybody wanting to stick that camera/phone in my face and ask me questions or pester me, like a bitchy little "Karen" would... I dont have much time left in life. Age and nature will take me soon. .. I can barely tolerate being in the same vicinity as other people besides my loved ones, let alone talk to other people. There is more than a 50% chance i snap and crack a baseball bat over your skull, if you pull some stupid bullshit on me, like they did to this guy in the video. What I will probably do, is walk away with very few words, then stalk you, everyone around you, your loved ones, etc etc... gain as much information about you as I can over the next few days... and then "go from there sport". People these days who think they can just fuck with people because its "on public ground", need to be taken care of. stay , the fuck, out of peoples space and business. :juggling: Do you want a shopping cart in your corvette? Because I can, and will put one there. Dude, really? This is GLP, not Roadhouse, Big talk AC Patrick Swayze... so settle down already, hot rod. ~BP lol |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 73361853 United States 05/17/2020 01:38 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. You literally want to take good out of people's mouth's don't you? Do you realize that most retail workers are part time? They are used as needed and if everyone put there cart back then those hours assigned for parking lot cart patrol would be gone... I suppose you want everyone to be sure to put anything they grab back where they grabbed it from and bag there own groceries too |
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User ID: 76558708 United States 05/17/2020 01:40 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I may be a cunt and wish for the whole of humanity to be snuffed out like a candle flame, but at least I return my buggy into the buggy corral! Last Edited by Too Dark Park™ on 05/17/2020 01:40 PM Bless my fuck "It’s in my interest, in ours perhaps, or maybe the interests of the greater good, for me to smoke a joint, and calm down.” — Hunter S. Thompson "I've got the spirit, but lose the feeling!" :rockon: |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77190242 United States 05/17/2020 01:42 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Do you want a shopping cart in your corvette? Because I can, and will put one there. Dude, really? This is GLP, not Roadhouse, Big talk AC Patrick Swayze... so settle down already, hot rod. ~BP lol Whoever made that video, harassing the guy about the cart, needs to get punched really fucking hard, multiple times. Again, catch me on a bad day, and I might of just snapped on him. I swear, I would pay 1k to see that video; |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78797581 Canada 05/17/2020 01:43 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | ... Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76292377 Do you want a shopping cart in your corvette? Because I can, and will put one there. Dude, really? This is GLP, not Roadhouse, Big talk AC Patrick Swayze... so settle down already, hot rod. ~BP lol Whoever made that video, harassing the guy about the cart, needs to get punched really fucking hard, multiple times. Again, catch me on a bad day, and I might of just snapped on him. I swear, I would pay 1k to see that video; I didn't watch a video, but yeah, if someone harassed someone about it, that's silly. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 76781814 United States 05/17/2020 01:55 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. They hire people to go retrieve the carts as a courtesy to the customers, so that the customers do not have to return the cart. You are trying to make a moral argument out of that? OP, should we also mop the floor on our way out? I mean , it might be morally irresponsible of us to leave dirt on the floor and make the grocery store hire someone to clean it up. We have a cart leaver here^^^!!! I bet you just leave it in a parking spot too like so many do. At my local grocer I take carts in that are left in the parking lot. Most grocers don't hire someone specifically to retrieve carts. Somebody will go out and get them when they have a chance and not busy. |
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User ID: 77541286 Canada 05/17/2020 02:08 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Everybody getting carts to buy groceries and stuff must have a lot of money to spend. But I do know, they hire people to grab those carts , put groceries back , and help people with bags . It's called a job. It gives people hours. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 77357005 United States 05/17/2020 02:10 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll bet one day we'll see a post from OP entitled : "I Was Run Down By an SUV While Returning a Shopping Cart!" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77225709 I’ll bet (despite not being a gambler) that you’re a new AC to this digital playground and don’t have a clue who OP even is... OP is a pull no punches, down to earth, veritable badass who gives respect to those who give it... and he’s a Veteran... so peace off already. Eagles Dare doesn’t need my help I can assure you, but show some respect instead of posting rubbish. OP will run down the SUV while returning his cart. Deuces... ~BP he's a virtue signaler -- patting himself on the back like he does about his military service people don't join up to serve their country, they join for "bragging rights" and expecting people to kiss their asses for doing a job they SIGNED up for |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 50774889 United States 05/17/2020 02:41 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | When I go to a store where I will be using a cart, I park next to one of the cart corrals in the parking lot, and push a cart from that corral in to the store for use while shopping. After I've finished shopping, I push the cart back to the same cart corral where I got it, which is next to where I parked. I don't make any additional chores for someone else to have to do, nor am I doing (and taking away) someone else's job. |
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 05/17/2020 04:20 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | You mean those cart racks in the parking lot or pushing the cart all the way back to the origin? For example - I grab the cart in the parking lot cart rack and return it to the cart rack but taking it back all the way to the store, no, it is too far to go. I think you hypothesis is a little bit flawed OP. Quoting: Anonymous Coward 78915913 No, just put it in the cart corral in the parking lot. Loose and abandoned carts are a danger to the finish of a nice car. A car is a major investment, one which many dedicate their lives to (not me). It is a simple matter of thinking about something greater than one's self. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 74091215 United States 05/17/2020 04:36 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I agree and disagree. In a normal case, cart corrals would be convenient and it's just common courtesy to return the cart to the corral so that it doesn't block parking spots, the wind doesn't blow it into other cars, and so the attendants don't have to go all over the place to collect the carts. Quoting: GA Girl However, I have been to a couple of very large stores where cart corrals are only located near the store. Which means, if it is a very busy day and you get stuck parking way out in the north 40, you might have to push that cart 100 yards or more back to the corral. Plus, some stores don't even have corrals and it's not convenient when you have ice cream melting or little kids to push that cart all the way back inside the store. I don't blame people for diching their carts under the nearest tree in those cases - that's kind of a store issue not a customer issue. Agreed. For women and elderly, it's not even safe to be wandering around a large parking lot alone for any longer than absolutely necessary. I don't need help getting to my vehicle but if a checker asks me if I need it, I always say yes, so I don't have to go out alone past those criminal panhandlers and gangs of darkies hanging around looking for a white person to rob. |
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 05/17/2020 04:37 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | The shopping cart is the ultimate litmus test for whether a person is capable of self-governing. Quoting: Where Eagles Dare To return the shopping cart is an easy, convenient task and one which we all recognize as the correct, appropriate thing to do. To return the shopping cart is objectively right. There are no situations other than dire emergencies in which a person is not able to return their cart. Simultaneously, it is not illegal to abandon your shopping cart. Therefore the shopping cart presents itself as the apex example of whether a person will do what is right without being forced to do it. No one will punish you for not returning the shopping cart, no one will fine you or kill you for not returning the shopping cart, you gain nothing by returning the shopping cart. You must return the shopping cart out of the goodness of your own heart. You must return the shopping cart because it is the right thing to do. Because it is correct. A person who is unable to do this is no better than an animal, an absolute savage who can only be made to do what is right by threatening them with a law and the force that stands behind it. The Shopping Cart is what determines whether a person is a good or bad member of society. You literally want to take good out of people's mouth's don't you? Do you realize that most retail workers are part time? They are used as needed and if everyone put there cart back then those hours assigned for parking lot cart patrol would be gone... I suppose you want everyone to be sure to put anything they grab back where they grabbed it from and bag there own groceries too Where are these mythical places with dedicated cart wranglers? Most establishments place that burden on the custodian, who, when not mopping up the spill from the Starbutt's that some tard ABSOLUTELY needed to take shopping, when not sweeping up the detritus of the halogen light bulb that some moran couldn't even hold properly, gets to go out and police the carts. You think stockers just put shit on the shelves so that you can hoard fucking toilet paper? They also get to go out and wrangle carts. Help them out and do the right thing. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 05/17/2020 04:47 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll bet one day we'll see a post from OP entitled : "I Was Run Down By an SUV While Returning a Shopping Cart!" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77225709 I’ll bet (despite not being a gambler) that you’re a new AC to this digital playground and don’t have a clue who OP even is... OP is a pull no punches, down to earth, veritable badass who gives respect to those who give it... and he’s a Veteran... so peace off already. Eagles Dare doesn’t need my help I can assure you, but show some respect instead of posting rubbish. OP will run down the SUV while returning his cart. Deuces... ~BP he's a virtue signaler -- patting himself on the back like he does about his military service people don't join up to serve their country, they join for "bragging rights" and expecting people to kiss their asses for doing a job they SIGNED up for You have seriously underestimated me, friend. I don't virtue signal, and I don't brag. I simply tell it like it is. Every asshole has an opinion, including me. I may not like what you have to say, but I would fight to the death for your right to say it. That being said, fuck off. Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |
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(OP) Metal-American User ID: 73836248 United States 05/17/2020 04:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | I'll bet one day we'll see a post from OP entitled : "I Was Run Down By an SUV While Returning a Shopping Cart!" Quoting: Anonymous Coward 77225709 I’ll bet (despite not being a gambler) that you’re a new AC to this digital playground and don’t have a clue who OP even is... OP is a pull no punches, down to earth, veritable badass who gives respect to those who give it... and he’s a Veteran... so peace off already. Eagles Dare doesn’t need my help I can assure you, but show some respect instead of posting rubbish. OP will run down the SUV while returning his cart. Deuces... ~BP Isaiah 40:31 - But they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint. “They’ve got us surrounded again, the poor bastards.” - U.S. Army Paratrooper at Bastogne |